Japan hit by tsunami as high as 1 meter after M8.8 quake off Russia

Vast stretches of Japan's Pacific coast were hit by tsunami waves that at one location exceeded 1 meter on Wednesday, after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the morning.Warnings were issued for coastal areas from Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido to Wakayama Prefecture in the west, with up to 2 million people ordered to evacuate or immediately seek safety. On Wednesday night, all warnings were downgraded to advisories.While there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries caused by the tsunami in Japan, police said a 58-year-old woma…READ FULL ARTICLE